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Blue Washington
Los Angeles, California, USA
Blue Washington was born on February 12, 1898 in Los Angeles, California, as Edgar Hughes Washington. He was an actor, known for There It Is (1928), Beggars of Life (1928) and Hau…
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Blue Washington was born on February 12, 1898 in Los Angeles, California, as Edgar Hughes Washington. He was an actor, known for There It Is (1928), Beggars of Life (1928) and Haunted Gold (1932). He was married to Marion Lenán. He died on September 15, 1970, at Mira Loma Hospital in Lancaster, California. He was laid to rest at Evergreen Memorial Park in Los Angeles. His son, Kenny Washington, was buried beside him in 1971. Edgar 'Blue' Washington was also a ballplayer in the Negro League for the Los Angeles White Sox and (briefly) the Kansas City Monarchs. He was a childhood friend of Frank Capra and appeared as John Wayne’s sidekick in Haunted Gold (1932), but it wasn’t always clear he was headed for Hollywood. He played professional baseball in the 1910s and 1920s for two of the most glamorous African American teams in existence, and for a time it must have seemed obvious that this was his vocation. In the end he chose a different path. It certainly wasn’t easier — Hollywood at that time was only marginally more accepting of black contributions than the white major leagues. The nickname 'Blue' came from Frank Capra, one of his best pals in the ethnically diverse surroundings of Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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1961
The Hustler
Movie (uncredited)
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1957
The Wings of Eagles
Movie Bartender at Officer's Club (uncredited)
- 1950
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1949
Pinky
Movie Man (uncredited)
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1949
Bomba, the Jungle Boy
Movie Native Bearer (uncredited)
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1948
To the Ends of the Earth
Movie Binda Sha Henchman (uncredited)
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1942
Road to Morocco
Movie Nubian Slave (uncredited)
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1942
Tales of Manhattan
Movie Shantytown Man (uncredited)
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1942
It Happened in Flatbush
Movie Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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1942
Lady for a Night
Movie Man Sitting Next to Chloe (uncredited)
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1941
Sundown
Movie Askari Veteran (uncredited)
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1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Movie Opera House Doorman (uncredited)
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1940
The Long Voyage Home
Movie Black Cook on Glencairn
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1939
The Light That Failed
Movie Bit Part
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1939
Gone with the Wind
Movie Renegade's Companion (uncredited)
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1939
Way Down South
Movie Slave
More credits
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1939
Charlie Chan in Reno
Movie Man in Line-Up
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1939
Rose of Washington Square
Movie Prisoner (uncredited)
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1939
Twelve Crowded Hours
Movie First Bartender (uncredited)
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1938
Kentucky
Movie Bill
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1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
Movie Dock Worker (uncredited)
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1938
Too Hot to Handle
Movie Native (uncredited)
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1938
Over the Wall
Movie Convict Playing Guitar
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1937
Wells Fargo
Movie Sam - Coachman
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1937
Souls at Sea
Movie Ship Slave (uncredited)
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1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Movie Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
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1934
Menace
Movie Kenya Manservant
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1934
Cleopatra
Movie Nubian Guard (uncredited)
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1933
Roman Scandals
Movie Litter Bearer (uncredited)
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1933
King of the Arena
Movie Sambo
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1932
Haunted Gold
Movie Clarence Washington Brown
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1931
Guilty Hands
Movie Johnny (uncredited)
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1930
Mountain Justice
Movie Mose (uncredited)
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1930
Lucky Larkin
Movie Hambone
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1930
Parade of the West
Movie Sambo
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1929
Welcome Danger
Movie Thorne's Henchman (uncredited)
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1929
Rio Rita
Movie Fremont Bank Robber
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1929
Black Magic
Movie Unit
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1929
Weary River
Movie Prisoner in Bathtub (uncredited)
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1928
The Phantom City
Movie 'Blue'
